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English school holidays have a major traffic impact. Holidays create a marked reduction in peak traffic congestion periods on many routes. England does not have a wide network of state-run school transport, leading many parents to drive their children to and from school. English school holidays also affect holiday accommodation pricing.
For SY 2020-2021 up to SY 2022-2024, given the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the calendar in basic education schools shifted to a more Western styled calendar to match that of most colleges and universities thus the school year in these schools is organized as follows:
Diane Reay is a sociologist and academic, who is Emeritus Professor of Education at the University of Cambridge. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] She is noted for her study about educational inequalities among students in state schools in the United Kingdom . [ 1 ]
Reay (/ r eɪ /, RAY; Scottish Gaelic: Ràth, /rˠaː/) is a village which has grown around Sandside Bay on the north coast of the Highland council area of Scotland. It is within the historic Parish of Reay and the historic county of Caithness .
Some private schools, and public schools, are offering pre-kindergarten (also known as pre-K) as part of elementary school. Twelve states (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Vermont) as well as the District of Columbia offer some form of universal pre-kindergarten according to the Education Commission of the States (ECS).
Hence, in the United Kingdom and some other countries, the term primary is used instead of elementary. [3] There is no commonly agreed on duration of primary education, but often three to six years of elementary school, and in some countries (like the US) the first seven to nine years are considered primary education.
2024 was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2024th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 24th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 5th year of the 2020s decade.
George Thompson Reay (2 February 1900 – 29 May 1970) was an English professional footballer who played for several British football clubs during the 1920s and 1930s. He was the eldest brother of Ted Reay , who himself played for Sheffield United and Queens Park Rangers , before emigrating to Perth, Australia.